Neck-through proper storage

[mysticmaven]

Hi, I had a dream that I was playing my bass, and the neck turned into jelly, and started to bow like crazy. This got me curious about how to properly store my bass long term so there are no issues with it. I play a cort a4 with a 5 piece maple wenge neck-through design. It gets wonderful sustain because of the neck-through, and is incredibly versatile. I gig quite a lot, so I use an aero reunion blues back pack style case. It's got reinforced shock absorbers and is pretty tough from what I can tell so far.

Basically I'm curious about using a humidifier. I also play acoustic guitar and ukulele and use one for those. Never heard of one being used with a bass before though. Anyone have any advice?

Here's links to my gear in case anyone is interested.

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http://reunionblues.com/product/160/AEROB2

 

[walterw]

all you need to do is keep it out of hot car trunks and cold attics, and make sure the neck is always adjusted to be properly straight.

the bad things mostly happen when a neck is allowed to become majorly bowed and then left that way for a long time; after a while the wood gets used to being bowed and may not want to straighten out anymore.

with acoustic stuff you need to worry about humidity; if things get below say 30% for long periods of time, the top wood can dry out, shrink, and split.

in my area this all just means humidifiers for acoustics in the wintertime, and no guitars left in the car in the summertime. (leaving music gear in the car is a bad idea anyway.)

neck-through vs. set-neck vs. bolt-on is irrelevant here.